The First Victim of the War
We publish herewith, from a photograph kindly sent us from Lowell, a Portrait of The Late Mr. Ladd, who was murdered by the rowdies of Baltimore, on his passage through that city, on 19th April. Our correspondent writes us:
Lowell. May, 1861.
Luther Crawford Ladd was born in Alexandria, New Hampshire, and on the 22d of last December seven-teen years of age. When the order came to Lowell for troops to be in readiness to march, he enlisted with the City Guards, giving as a reason for choosing this company that he thought it the most likely to be called out; and when the orders Came for marching his friends urged him not to go, but his reply was, “I shall go for my Stars and Stripes any way!” and with brave heart he left his machinist's tools and Shouldered his musket. Although young, 'tis said that he was a lover of historical reading, and was well posted in our national affairs.
Hoping that the inclosed will be of some use to you, I remain, your humble servant,
Charles A. Kimball
